Premieres

YouTube Premieres lets you and your viewers watch and experience a new video together. It's like a movie or TV show premiere. Premiering your video lets you schedule a video upload and create buzz around the video with a shareable watch page.

Note: Premieres can only be created using a computer, but viewers can watch the premiere on any platform like computer, iOS, Android, and mWeb.

Premiere a new video

Note: 360/vr180 or an output greater than 1080p isn’t supported for Premieres

To immediately premiere the video, click SaveorpublishPublicSet as instant Premiere. The video will premiere as soon as the video finishes processing.

To schedule the premiere for later, click Schedule Enter a date and time Set as Premiere.

Click Done or Schedule.

When you premiere a new video

Before the premiere starts:

A public watch page is created. The video will eventually premiere on this watch page.

Viewers who choose to get notifications get a tune-in notification around 30 minutes before the start of your premiere. A second notification is sent at the start, letting viewers know the premiere is starting. Learn more about managing notifications.

You can interact with your audience in comments and live chat. You can also interact in Super Chat when it's turned on.

Viewers can set reminders for premieres. Encourage them to set a reminder on the watch page with a pinned comment or in the description. You can also remind them through chat.

When the premiere starts:

A countdown will show during the first 2 minutes of the premiere. When the countdown is over, viewers watch the video together in real-time.

Viewers can't scrub forward, but they can scrub backwards during the stream.

The concurrent viewers count shows the number of viewers watching.

You can interact with your audience in comments and live chat. You can also interact in Super Chat when it's turned on.

When the premiere is over:

The video remains on your channel as a regular upload.

Note: After the premiere, the countdown won’t be included in your video.

Chat replay is available for viewers who want to experience the premiere chat after it has ended. You can turn off chat at any time.

Premiere watch page

Once a premiere is scheduled, a shareable and public watch page is created. This page shows the video metadata, including title, description, and thumbnail. Your video will eventually premiere on this watch page. Viewers can start interacting through Comments and Live Chat before and during the premiere.

Super Chat and Super Stickers are ways to connect fans with creators during live chat. You can purchase Super Chats to highlight your message within live chat. You can turn on Super Chat & Super Stickers with viewers before and during the premiere.

FAQ

After a video is premiered, it remains on your channel like a regular upload. Chat replay is available for viewers who want to experience the premiere chat after it has ended.

How do viewers find my premiere?

A public URL is created when the watch page is created. You can share this URL before, during, and after the premiere to share the video.

Can I schedule a premiere to start immediately?
Yes. When selecting a privacy setting, mark your video as “public”. The Premiere will start immediately after the video is done processing.

What analytics are available for premieres?
Creators can view analytics related to Premieres using our standard YTA tool.

Once published, can I unselect the toggle for premiere and make this a standard upload?
No, not once the video is published.

Will comments from the premiere remain on the video after the premiere is over?

Yes.

Will view count from the premiere transfer over to the video after the premiere is over?
Yes.

How will viewers discover my Premieres?
Premieres show up across YouTube’s discovery surfaces just like regular uploads like search, homepage, Watch Next, and video recommendations. You can also share the watch page URL since the watch page is public before the Premiere begins. You can share it on social media, use it as your channel trailer, and generally promote it any way you like.

How will viewers visually distinguish videos that are live, premieres, or regular uploads?
Videos that are going to premiere or are actively premiering have special badging to visually distinguish them from uploads and live streams.